Haibun: A second attempt

We have been challenged once again to write a haibun. I do not think I got it right in my previous attempt. Hopefully, this time I will be closer to being on the mark...

I'll begin with two verses of what I deem to be prose poetry (please correct me if I'm wrong) and end with a haiku.

Grassy knolls and barley fields

roll by unnoticed 

by un-wandering eyes

that only see what is inside

When will we open our eyes 

to the beauty 

of what passes us by

on journeys 

to far off places?

Though trains do not stop

for us to gaze upon small

wonders, we can look

Haibun

It's been a while since I took part in NaPoWriMo...I've missed writing poetry.

Today's prompt is to write a haibun, a combination of prose and haiku. This is my attempt (I hope I understand haiban correctly!):

To travel is to wonder

To travel is to wonder

Where ev' you may be

At all the sights you may see

Castles, mountains, lakes and trees

All glisten in the misty morn'

Their secrets belong to the fairies

But won't be theirs for long

Old farms and their crooked gates

Along paths tread for many years

Welcome every free wanderer born

Their weary feet to rest

Cities we shall leave behind

With all their noise and busy streets

To wonder at the simplicity,

The beauty of travel

Andrea Vermaak